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----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> -----
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:41:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com>
Subject: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, July 19
To: pr@lugod.org
O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
July 19, 2002
SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR MEMBERS...
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:
BOOK NEWS
-Python Cookbook
-Practical VoIP Using Vocal
CONFERENCE NEWS
-Single day passes are now available at OSCON
NEWS
-User Groups Can Be Job Springboards
-What's New With Regular Expressions
-Efficient String Manipulations With Stringbuilder
-An Angel for Open Source
-Lisa Nyman Discusses Open Source In Government
-Linux In Government
-Ten MySQL Best Practices
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy.
If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three
weeks for shipping. Please send me copies of your newsletters.
Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase
direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering.
Press releases are available on our press page:
http://press.oreilly.com/
PYTHON COOKBOOK
Order Number: 1673
This book is a collection of problems, solutions, and practical
examples for Python programmers, written by Python programmers. It
contains over two hundred recipes for text manipulation, object
oriented programming, XML processing, system administration, and much
more. This book is a treasure trove of useful code for both novices and
advanced practitioners, with contributions from such Python luminaries
as Guido Van Rossum, Tim Peters, Paul Prescod, and Mark Hammond.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook/
Chapter 1, "Python Shortcuts," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook/chapter/index.html
PRACTICAL VOIP USING VOCAL
Order Number: 0782
While many books describe the theory behind Voice over IP, only this
one describes how such a phone system was actually built, and how you
too can acquire the source code, install it onto a system, connect
phones, and make calls. Because VOCAL is open source, you can look
"under the hood" to discover how the system works and how common
problems are being worked out in the development environment.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/voip/
Chapter 7, "Session Initiation Protocol and Related Protocols" is
available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/voip/chapter/index.html
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CONFERENCE NEWS
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SINGLE DAY PASSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR $400 AT THE
O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION--JULY 24, 25, OR 26.
The walk-in fee will be waived.
To register:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/create/ord_os02
O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
July 22-26, 2002--San Diego, CA
Check out the speakers, key notes, sessions, and other events:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND
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GENERAL NEWS
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USER GROUPS CAN BE JOB SPRINGBOARDS
Joining a user group is a good way to network, gain expertise.
This article was originally ran in "The Dallas Morning News" on May 12,
2002.
http://classifieds.dallasnews.com/employment/it/t1usersgroup_12emp.ART.fa52.html
WHAT'S NEW WITH REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
When it came time to update "Mastering Regular Expressions," Jeffrey
Friedl was shocked to find out how much had really changed. This
article touches on some of the high-level changes between the first and
second edition of the book.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/07/15/regexp.html
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OPEN SOURCE
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AN ANGEL FOR OPEN SOURCE
Richard Koman talks to Pam Samuelson, a U.C. Berkeley law professor,
about the new high-tech clinic she co-founded to assist open source
developers with legal and legislative assistance.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/07/22/pam.html
LISA NYMAN DISCUSSES OPEN SOURCE IN GOVERNMENT
Sam Williams interviews Lisa Nyman, co-creator of QuickFacts, a Web
service that uses Perl, Apache, and MySQL to enable visitors to track
down national census data using a single pull-down menu.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/15/nyman_interview.html
LINUX IN GOVERNMENT
Sam Williams looks at the impact of open source software in
government--both inside and outside the U.S.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/16/linux_in_govt.html
For more on this timely topic, don't miss the "Open Source in
Government Panel" at this month's OSCON:
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/16/linux_in_govt.html
TEN MYSQL BEST PRACTICES
Help for the security, maintenance, and performance of a MySQL
installation.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/07/11/MySQLtips.html
Until next time,
Marsee
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